Feds Charge Barry Bonds With 14 Counts of Perjury
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
AP
Dec. 21: Former San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds leaves the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, after responding to government concerns that his high powered legal team may have conflicts of interest because they have represented other figures in the Balco steroids scandal.
Dec. 21: Former San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds leaves the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, after responding to government concerns that his high powered legal team may have conflicts of interest because they have represented other figures in the Balco steroids scandal.
SAN FRANCISCO — Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds was charged Tuesday with 14 counts of perjury and one count obstruction of justice in a new indictment filed by federal prosecutors, KTVU.com reported.
The indictment revises prosecutors' earlier indictment, which stemmed from the 43-year-old's testimony in the BALCO steroids case. The new charges cite Bonds for each allegedly false statement he made while testifying before the grand jury, according to the station.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston had told prosecutors on Feb. 29 to fix their original indictment because it lumped multiple allegations into too few counts. Illston said that prosecutors needed to drop some of the allegations from the indictment or add more charges.
Bonds was indicted in November on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice, charges stemming from 2003 grand-jury testimony in which he denied knowingly taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
He was let go by the
San Francisco Giants and remains a free agent. Bonds has said he wants to play this year.
A hearing on the charges is scheduled for June 6, the station reported.
